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president obama takes a stand. he supports same-sex marriage, but with the country evenly divided, what will it mean? >>> is the new relief for people who suffer from a painful form of another rites? tonight, the new drug that could work when others don't. >> elision belizabeth erdwards new testimony tonight. >>> contact sports. the concussion crisis now among girls. just getting attention in a sport that's become a suburban american weekend tradition. >>> and vidal sassoon. remembering the man who put beauty within reach for millions. menmen "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. president barack obama today became the first american president to say he approves of same-sex marriage. he says his position has evolved. he now personally supports it, but he adds it's now up to the states to divide. many of the sates have already spoken and many more outlaw same-sex marriage than allow it. public opinion has risen sharply, but still, it's an issue where the country is now evenly split, and now it takes its place
president obama takes a stand. he supports same-sex marriage, but with the country evenly divided, what will it mean? >>> is the new relief for people who suffer from a painful form of another rites? tonight, the new drug that could work when others don't. >> elision belizabeth erdwards new testimony tonight. >>> contact sports. the concussion crisis now among girls. just getting attention in a sport that's become a suburban american weekend tradition. >>> and...
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not barack obama? . obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy. and sold chrysler to italians who are going to build jeeps in china. >> reporter: after independent fact checkers raised questions about the ad, chrysler issued their own statement, writing, jeep production will not be moved from the united states to china. it's inaccurate to suggest anything different. but the romney campaign stands by the ad, noting to nbc news, that chrysler ceo never disputed any actual facts in their ads. a couple things, the president still not campaigning on the campaign trail tomorrow, instead he will tour new jersey with governor christie tomorrow. mitt romney, is resuming a full campaign schedule tomorrow. he'll be in the battleground state of florida. >> thanks, chuck. >>> when we come back, back to our storm coverage, specifically, a moment of crisis for a big hospital that included a lot of newborns who needed to move quickly. [ dennis ] it only took two minutes for this town to be destroyed. to a little girl who lived through it, this is more than a tedd
not barack obama? . obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy. and sold chrysler to italians who are going to build jeeps in china. >> reporter: after independent fact checkers raised questions about the ad, chrysler issued their own statement, writing, jeep production will not be moved from the united states to china. it's inaccurate to suggest anything different. but the romney campaign stands by the ad, noting to nbc news, that chrysler ceo never disputed any actual facts in their...
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and it is a reminder president obama when he was candidate obama, had a similar incident where he was overheard talking about analyzing folks in the state of pennsylvania, saying they cling to their guns and religion. and brian, it is a political comment to this day that is still a political problem for the president to deal with in those states. >> and a couple of things here, the kind of story line politically, already was in-fighting among members of the romney campaign staff. a lot of it going back to what happened or didn't happen at the gop convention. has the romney campaign responded yet tonight about this? >> reporter: well again, on this comment, they said hey, mitt romney wants to be president of all americans. and that is the part that the obama campaign wants to drive home, he is writing off 47% of the americans, trying to divide the electorate, that is what both sides do, accuse the other side of dividing. they have little advertising out, a little coherent message they want to put out. let's see what happens, we have a couple of weeks to the debate. >> of course it is i
and it is a reminder president obama when he was candidate obama, had a similar incident where he was overheard talking about analyzing folks in the state of pennsylvania, saying they cling to their guns and religion. and brian, it is a political comment to this day that is still a political problem for the president to deal with in those states. >> and a couple of things here, the kind of story line politically, already was in-fighting among members of the romney campaign staff. a lot of...
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president obama can point to improvement, though. just a year ago, the unemployment rate was 9%. >> john yang in suburban washington starting us off tonight, john, thanks wroorb. >>> on wall street in new york today, the dow was down 168 points. nasdaq plumpged under 68. s & p 500 lost over 22 points on the day. >>> john edwards trial on campaign finance charges turned to finances today. testifying how money from an elderly ha lly heiress ended up used to take care of his mistress instead. it's been an emotional day in court because everyone was thinking of elizabeth edwards who waged suffa tough battle against cancer. lea meyers reports. >> it's been a week of high drama. testimony about the anguish of elizabeth edwards, daughter cate levering the courtroom in tears. accounts of expletive laced conversations with edwards and his campaign staff over rielle hunter. >> brian huffman, a friend of bunny mellon told the jury how he became a middle man for what became as the mbunny money, use to help cover up edwards' affair. he testified
president obama can point to improvement, though. just a year ago, the unemployment rate was 9%. >> john yang in suburban washington starting us off tonight, john, thanks wroorb. >>> on wall street in new york today, the dow was down 168 points. nasdaq plumpged under 68. s & p 500 lost over 22 points on the day. >>> john edwards trial on campaign finance charges turned to finances today. testifying how money from an elderly ha lly heiress ended up used to take care...
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presidents, he spans from eisenhower to obama, and we received word late today that dick clark had died in a san santa monica hospital at the age of 82. people are lining up to remember this man who will associate with times and events like new year's eve in times square where chris jansen is stationed tonight to start us off. >> chances are good at anyone anywhere in the world with a television has seen the ball drop here in time square on new year's eve. dick clark created that iconic moment for television back in 1972, and it's just one piece of his enormous legacy. he walked onto the stage with an effortless appeal. kwl going to go all the way to the top. >> and we welcomed him into our home for more than five decades. >> here's a thing called the twist. here's chubby checkers. >> often called america's oldest teenager, he seemed ageless, from black and white to color. >> i have been working 35 years in television. it's my first love and the bandstand made it all possible. >> dick clark was born richard w wagstaff clark in 1929 in mt. vernon, new york. his mom was a homemaker. after
presidents, he spans from eisenhower to obama, and we received word late today that dick clark had died in a san santa monica hospital at the age of 82. people are lining up to remember this man who will associate with times and events like new year's eve in times square where chris jansen is stationed tonight to start us off. >> chances are good at anyone anywhere in the world with a television has seen the ball drop here in time square on new year's eve. dick clark created that iconic...
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president obama can point to improvement, though. just a year ago, the unemployment rate was 9%. brian. >> john yang in suburban washington starting us off tonight, john, thanks. >>> on wall street in new york today, the jobs report sent stocks lower. the dow was down 168 points. nasdaq plunged under 68. s&p 500 lost over 22 points on the day. >>> john edwards trial on campaign finance charges turned to the actual finance part of the story today. testimony about how money from an elderly heiress who thought she was supporting edwards run for president ended up being used to take care of his mistress instead. it's been an emotional few days in court in part because everyone is thinking about elizabeth edwards who waged such a tough and public pattal against broadcast cancer. lisa myers reports from greensboro. >> it's been a week of high drama. testimony about the anguish of elizabeth edwards, daughter cate leaving the courtroom in tears. accounts of expletive laced confrontations between edwards and campaign staff over his relationship with rielle hunter. but today, a change of p
president obama can point to improvement, though. just a year ago, the unemployment rate was 9%. brian. >> john yang in suburban washington starting us off tonight, john, thanks. >>> on wall street in new york today, the jobs report sent stocks lower. the dow was down 168 points. nasdaq plunged under 68. s&p 500 lost over 22 points on the day. >>> john edwards trial on campaign finance charges turned to the actual finance part of the story today. testimony about how...
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president obama talked about this on the road today. in fact he did something he's never done, talked in detail about how recently he paid off his own student loans. >> we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago, that wasn't that long ago. and that wasn't easy. especially because when we had malia and sasha, we're supposed to be saving up for their education, and we're still paying off our education. >> the president earlier today in north carolina. nbc's john yang has more tonight on how hard it's become to pay for college. >> reporter: college graduation season is right around the corner, and for millions of students, the joy of achievement can be accompanied by dread. the average senior will leave college this spring with a diploma and student loans totalling more than $24,000. a new life with old debts. at new york university, some students owe even more. >> i'll be facing 80 grand worth of debt when i leave. >> looking at close to a quarter million dollars. >> 250,000. >> those burdens could soon grow. on j
president obama talked about this on the road today. in fact he did something he's never done, talked in detail about how recently he paid off his own student loans. >> we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago, that wasn't that long ago. and that wasn't easy. especially because when we had malia and sasha, we're supposed to be saving up for their education, and we're still paying off our education. >> the president earlier today in north carolina. nbc's...
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in his weekly address, president obama pushed lawmakers to act. >> we cannot let washington politics get in the way of america's progress. >> reporter: mr. obama met with top party leaders friday, calling on them to either reach a compromise or allow a vote on his plan that would among other things raise taxes on those making more than $250,000. >> i believe such a proposal could pass both houses with bipartisan majorities as long as these leaders allow it to come to a vote. >> reporter: missouri senator roy blount delivered the republican response sharply criticizing the president's proposal. >> the president's proposal to raise taxes on the top 2% of americans won't even pay one-third of the annual interest now owed on the massive $16 trillion debt. >> reporter: in the political cliff hanger sources close to the talks say senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell are drafting a small plan that could include extending unemployment insurance benefits pro-tkting about 30 million americans from paying the alternative minimum tax and allowing tax rates to increase on the wealthiest
in his weekly address, president obama pushed lawmakers to act. >> we cannot let washington politics get in the way of america's progress. >> reporter: mr. obama met with top party leaders friday, calling on them to either reach a compromise or allow a vote on his plan that would among other things raise taxes on those making more than $250,000. >> i believe such a proposal could pass both houses with bipartisan majorities as long as these leaders allow it to come to a vote....
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presidents, he spanned from eisenhower to obama, and we received word late today that dick clark had died in a santa monica hospital at a massive heart attack at the age of 82. people are lining up to remember this man who we'll always associate with certain times and places and events like new year's eve in times square where chris jansing is stationed tonight to start us off. chris, good evening. >> good evening, brian. chances are good that anyone anywhere in the world with a television has seen the ball drop here in times square on new year' eve. dick clark created that iconic moment for television back in 1972, and it's just one piece of his enormous legacy. >> live from philadelphia -- >> he walked onto the stage with an effortless appeal. >> i'm going to go all the way to the top. >> and we welcomed him into our home for more than five decades. >> here's a thing called the twist. ladies and gentlemen, here's chubby checkers. >> often called america's oldest teenager, he seemed ageless, hosting american bandstand for more than 30 years, from black and white to living color. >>
presidents, he spanned from eisenhower to obama, and we received word late today that dick clark had died in a santa monica hospital at a massive heart attack at the age of 82. people are lining up to remember this man who we'll always associate with certain times and places and events like new year's eve in times square where chris jansing is stationed tonight to start us off. chris, good evening. >> good evening, brian. chances are good that anyone anywhere in the world with a...
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we also want to tell you, brian, tonight, for the first time, president obama was briefed on the situation by the director of the secret service, mark sullivan. brian. >> kristen welker at the white house again on the tostory, kristen, thanks. >> there's news about an american held captive in cuba for years now. allen gross gets precisely one phone call a week, usually to hear the voices of his wife and daughters back home. today, he used the one weekly phone call to make a desperate plea to our own anld rhea mitchell who is with us tonight from washington to share the details on this tonight. andrea, good evening. >> brian, i was certainly surprised. i did not solicit this at all. i asked gross good he had any message to send, and his message, get me the hell out of here. senator pat leahy visited him who was sentenced to 15 years for bringing communications equipment into cuba. cuba said in violation of their strict laws. today, he told me, quote, i did nothing legally or morally wrong. i have no guilty conscious. he's been pleaing for parole to visit his ailing 90-year-old mother. gross
we also want to tell you, brian, tonight, for the first time, president obama was briefed on the situation by the director of the secret service, mark sullivan. brian. >> kristen welker at the white house again on the tostory, kristen, thanks. >> there's news about an american held captive in cuba for years now. allen gross gets precisely one phone call a week, usually to hear the voices of his wife and daughters back home. today, he used the one weekly phone call to make a...
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. >> reporter: after weeks that reenergized republicans and reinvigorated the race, president obama is trying to blunt mitt romney's momentum embracing friday's encouraging economic news. >> we learned that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since i took office. more americans are entering the workforce. more americans are getting jobs. >> but romney hasn't ceded any ground, attacking failed policies that have stifled growth. >> the participation of our adults in the workforce were the same as at the time he got elected our unemployment rate would be 11%. >> reporter: both are touting the fund-raising tallies. $181 million for obama in september, the most for either side this year. with romney collecting more than 12 million following the debate. >> both sides will have a tremendous amount of money down the final stretch of this campaign, particularly that obama $181 million. that's going to allow them potentially to compete almost one to one with all of that republican outside money. >> reporter: still, romney is facing lingering questions about some of his recent assert
. >> reporter: after weeks that reenergized republicans and reinvigorated the race, president obama is trying to blunt mitt romney's momentum embracing friday's encouraging economic news. >> we learned that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since i took office. more americans are entering the workforce. more americans are getting jobs. >> but romney hasn't ceded any ground, attacking failed policies that have stifled growth. >> the participation of our...
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. >>> on the presidential campaign trail tonight, president obama is coming off the single largest fund-raiser in presidential history. under a tent last night at george clooney's mansion in los angeles. the take was $15 million. many who couldn't pay the $40,000 price of admission settled for a glimpse of the motorcade as it went by. today, the president visited a middle class neighborhood in economically hard hit nevada, talking about help for homeowners facing foreclosure. >> in north carolina, mitt romney also tried to turn the focus back to the economy. and he appeared to tear up a bit at an event when he told an audience how an entire neighborhood came together to help his niece financially when her husband was called up to duty with the national guard. >> the family of the alleged victim in the bullying story from romney's high school days in detroit has released a statement saying the way the young man was portrayed was incorrect and they're angry he was used to further what they call a political agenda. >>> in north carolina today, john edwards' defense team asked the judge to dismiss
. >>> on the presidential campaign trail tonight, president obama is coming off the single largest fund-raiser in presidential history. under a tent last night at george clooney's mansion in los angeles. the take was $15 million. many who couldn't pay the $40,000 price of admission settled for a glimpse of the motorcade as it went by. today, the president visited a middle class neighborhood in economically hard hit nevada, talking about help for homeowners facing foreclosure. >>...